Bucket List

Everyone has list of things that they want to do before they die, which is called a bucket list. Today I want to introduce my own bucket list, which I wish to achieve before my 60s.

Sky Diving

The first one is sky-diving. I'm sure a lot of people dream of it, but not actually get the chance to do it. Well, I haven't even done a bungee-jump yet, but I believe I can get over with the height problem.

Backpack Traveling

The second one is backpack traveling in Europe. I actually have been there when I was none, but it is almost six years and I really want to visit there again on my own or with my friends.

House

The third is to design and build my own house. I saw a documentary about a man who has designed and built his own house for thirteen years. I'm not thinking of building it alone, but I would prefer to design it.

Lion

The fourth thing is to hug a lion, which sounds pretty weird. But I thought this is a good idea to test my courage, since lion is known as one of the scariest animal.

Kids

The fifth thing is to volunteer to work at an orphanage. I thought it would be really niced to help little kids.

The sixth is going to Hawaii. I have always wanted to visit Hawaii, but never really got any chance of going near it. The weather looked so good and the beaches were so good in picture.

The seventh is publishing a book. I don't really care if it will be sold to the public or not. I just want to get a chance to have a book written by myself.

The eight is baking a cake on my own. I have went to a bakery and baked a cake with my mom once, but I would really like to try one on my own.




The ninth is cutting my hair really short. I have always had a long hair for as long as I remeber, so I think it would be kind of a little adventure to have a new style.



The las one is a country trip, on foot. I don't really like walking a lot but it would help me think a lot. I saw some reviews of people who went on the country cross trip, and they say it is really good to think about my future or my life.



I hope to achieve all of these things before my 60s, and I hope to achieve soon!

Diamante Poem

Summer

Sweating  Swimming

Ice    Rain    Cocoa    Snow

Freezing Skiing Shoveling

Cold Windy

Winter

Travel to HongKong

I want to introduce some pictures from when I was traveling in Hong Kong. It was the early in the year, about March. I was traveling for four days with my family and I had such a good time that I thought it would be great to share it with you.

Galaxy Hotel

The first picture is taken in a hotel names Galaxy Hotel and it is one of the finest and fanciest hotel in Hong Kong. I think it costs over a million won to stay there for one night, but I thought it was worth it, The decoration was really pretty and the view were perfect. I only saw it from lobby, but it was amazing.

The second picture is Victoria Peak's night view. I rode a cable car that came all the way down to the ground from the peak of the mountain. We had been there in just at the right time when the sun was going down and lights from buildings started to make an amazing night view. The building were not only lighting in color of white, but also orange, blue, and pink which was really pretty.

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The third picture is Chimsatui's night view. This is from a blog, because I can't find my picture. We arrived Chimsatui ridding a ferry from Macao. It took longer than what we expected, so our family was kind of all exhusted.

This picture is when we were leaving Chimsatui back to Macao. It kind of looks simlar since the ferry doesn't show clearly. The trip back was nicer than the way there, since it was more quite.

The video is suppose to record the Symphony of lights which is a razor show with music. The razors were fired from the top of buildings, and it looked really good. But my camera wasn't that good to catch the razor so I hope you can just get a chance to see the night view at least.

The sixthe picture is taken from centeral time square, which was like the most crowded place in Hong Kong. There were a lot of thing in shops and a lot of the items were really wnique, like a fluffy hat.

The last picture is a night market going on in the middle of Hong Kong, I think. It was really crowded. The buildings and shops were so full of people I thought my feet was getting stepped on by someone every five minutes. It was really noisy and greasy smells were like feeling the air.

It was fun to look at the pictures and think about my travel. I had such a good time with my family and hope I will visit Hong Kong again. If you haven't been there, you should go!

Should we?

Dear Headmaster

I am sending you this letter to suggest that you change a rule. Students are not allowed to use cellphones after dinner. It's not only that we can't use our phone, but they are also taken to the PAs. I think it is a great idea to turn in our phones but I wish that you would consider to delay the time a little. I know that you take our phones at dinner time because it may disturb us from studying during the study periods, but we need our phone in studying period.

First, we need to research for out homework. For the computer room, the amount of people who can use it are limited and there are quite a lot of kids who don't have a net-book. So every time I need to look something up or make a document, I have to wait until second self study and borrow a net-book from other people, which I feel really sorry for doing.

Secondly, I need to contact kids for our group projects. We do Mock trial every week, we have to talk a lot and arrange our ideas, and we don't always have enough  time in the second studying time. Also, even if we try to do it during dinnertime, we are not allowed in the boy's floor, so if we have our phones with us, it would be really convenient for our group project.

Lastly, we could grow our self-control more. If PAs take our phones too early, we get this feeling that now we 'really' want to play with our phones since it's not allowed. But if you let us control this for ourselves for two hours, it would be better. It is said that self control is a way to develop oneself. Controlling oneself helps them to know what their mistake was and fix it next time. So I think you should at least give us a chance to test ourselves. If it doesn't work, then we should hand in our phone for sure.

I would really appreciate you to have a little think about my idea.

Sincerely,

TORY

Link for Self-Control

Lost

Let me think about the time situation started to get worse. Well, Shulli and I was talking about our vacation plans few weeks ago. Then Minha suggested going on a trip on our own. We had some problems talking to our parents  permission, but it turned out to be fine. So, we packed and getting things and hopped on to a bus heading to Sulak mountain. Not any special reason for the choice. It's just that we thought beach would be too crowded.

When we first arrived there, we stayed in the hotel for a day since when we arrived, the sun was already going down. Shulli's bag was full of food and Minha was to pack flash lights and some medicine. I packed some clothes just in case the temperature goes too low. When we were done, we just talked a little. We slept at like two or so.

I woke up as soon as the alarm clock hit six. We took turns using the bathroom taking  shower and had some breads for breakfast. Now, we were ready.

The entrance of the climbing path wasn't as crowded. I guess it was not a really good idea to climb up a mountain sweating allover. Still, I thought it was better than going to beach being squashed by people.

Except the part about sweating, the climbing turned out to be really fine. On the way, we saw some squirrels or birds that is rarely seen in the cities. The air was fresh and the breeze was cool. We were kind of wondering off from the path too much, but I didn't really think it would be a big problem, since the sun was still shining. It took pretty long for us to get to the top. But the view was pretty and weather was so good. I thought it was worth it. Shulli unpacked some food from her bag and after hours of mountain climbing, even water tasted good. We finished off almost all the food, and got ready to leave.



Coming down was not as easy as we thought. Minha tripped over a rock, Shulli spilled her bag and I got my hair tangled in the bush. One thing we were forgetting here was that the sun goes down so much faster in mountains. It wouldn't matter if we were on the right path, but no one would even recognize a signal, which is why we were so lost. Now, I wasn't even sure that I was in the right path.



We chose to move around rather than just stand there with lack of food to eat. But there was one thing we were missing at that point. In the nigh forest, no matter where you started walking, you can never find the way back. That's when I started realizing what my father said really meant.

'Every tree looks the same in the dark.'




And yes, he was absolutely right. Now I can't even remember which way I came from. Minha was getting really impatient. Her steps were getting faster and faster. Minha has her level of annoyance. First, she starts get really quite. Second, she walks faster leaving everyone behind. Third, whoosh. She's gone. And we were experiencing her third level of annoyance. She was the only one who had lights, and she's gone now. Guess it's on with Shulli and I....?




Oh, great. This can't even get any better. I thought she was just next to me and now she has gone. With her backpack holding the food. All I've got was a fat bag full of useless clothes. It was getting a little cold, but I could manage it. So I just sat there, not keeping track of time since my phone died ages ago.



That, is when I heard a soft whistling from a bush nearby. At first, I was thinking I heard it wrong. But passing about thirty seconds, another movement and that was it. I was getting a little horrified. I'll count until sixty, and then I'll run.




1.....2....3...



And I heard another sound, which made me run. After about ten minutes, I started realizing that I've left my phone in my bag, which I left it near the bush. Well, first of all, I have absolutely no thought of going back. Second, even if I had a thought, there is no way I would be able to trace back to that place. So I was sitting on the ground, leaning to the tree. When suddenly, something hit my head really hard.

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The Princess Bride review

When I first heard that I was going to watch a movie for the class, I was a little irritated since I had to skip the first studying period. But the movie, turned our to be better than what I had been expecting. The movie 'Princess Bride' is about rescuing a kidnapped princess and finding the meaning of true love. It's genre was adventure, comedy, romance and fantasy.. For the characters, there is the Buttercup princess, Westley, the princess's true love.

The movie is like a story in a story. All of the things that are happening in the movie is in the book that the grandfather is reading to his sick grandson. In the beginning, it is just like a normal teen-romance fiction. But when the princess is Captured and there are things coming out like shrieking eels and cliffs of insanity, the story turns into a fantasy. When Westley rescued her with his identity hidden, he founds out that Buttercup is to marry the prince and starts to criticize how Buttercup was really wrong for not waiting for Westley.

Then, Buttercup finds out the kidnapper is actually Westley and they try to run away from the prince. But they get captured by the prince. So Buttercup was locked up in the castle, while Westley was being tortured by the prince. Because Buttercup was only looking for Westley, the prince gets really mad and takes 50 years off him using a torture machine, Which almost killed him. But Indigo and Fegic, who was trying to kidnap the princess in the first place, decides to help Westley in order to get rid of the prince. In the end, Buttercup marry Westley and Indigo kills the prince.

 I think this is one of the typical fairy-tale stories. There is a couple who is deeply in love who gets separated either by a really sad reason, or and evil person. Then, they get a chance to meet again. That's when the obstacle for there love comes out. Even though all of the main characters overcome the obstacle somehow.


I am not really a fairy-tale type kind of person, so I don't really like happy endings. Most of the times, I prefer sad rather than happy. Also, I had this one character who has been annoying me for the whole movie. Even being the main character and one and only female in the movie, I really hated the princess. She is just like the stereotype of princess who is supposed to be weak and does nothing until some prince comes over to rescue her. I think this is really silly. In my opinion, all of this weak princesses are based on the idea that women are powerless. Of course females are mostly weaker than man with physical strength. Still, I like princesses who knows to find their own way out without prince-charming.

The thing I liked about this movie is that they really had filmed the movie in great places. I'm, not talking about the 'Fire Swamp' of 'Forest of Thieves . I like the place where Buttercup and Westley live in the beginning of the story. The location was beautiful and it was just the fairy tale place I had imagined. Also, I liked the little chats which the boy and his grandfather had during the little breaks in the story. Maybe it's mostly because I was thinking the boy was really lovely throughout the whole movie.


Overall, the movie was just fine. I think it is mostly because I don't prefer old movies, but I was a little annoyed by the old graphics and the blurry sounds, which I'll have to just go over since the technical things weren't developed so much. Well, I thought this movie is fine to watch when you are bored, but don't expect too much on it.




↓Movie Trailer of The Princess Bide

↓'As You Wish' Scene which is my favorite

My goals

Coming to GLPS, I actually had no idea what I wanted to learn. I just thought that if I do as what they say, I would be a great leader and also a great English speaker. Thinking now, I don't think that was quite a good idea.

After watching the video of Matt Cults, about trying new things in thirty days, even if it was a short time, I got a chance to think about why I'm here, and paid such a big amount of mined and will be spending so much time. This is why I decided to create some goals.

First, I hope to finish five English books while I stay here. I didn't choose a genre since I know that I would never read a non-fiction book with interest. So, I will try to read at least 20pages a day, during the second study period.

Why you should read everyday

Second, I want to try taking a picture everyday. Also for this, I didn't limit what object I am going to take a picture of. I might want to take a picture of my room, or maybe a butterfly. It will depend on my mood for the day.

Tips for taking picture with smartphones

Lastly, I would try to drink at least 5-6 liters of water. I try to drink water as much as possible because it is good for the skin, and blood circulation. But usually, I forget to bring my water bottle, or I just buy a juice of something in the convenience store. So I will try my best to always have a bottle of water with me.

Benefits of drinking water

These three things are going to be my goal for a month, and I hope I will be able to succeed in at least two of them. Come to my blog if you want to check the process!